Fleas in the house!

~Chameleon~

BitterAndTwisted wrote: »

Adult fleas do bite humans where there is no animal host but cannot live on human blood. Therefore I doubt that they could go on to breed at all.

Fleas are not fussy where they get their food source (blood) from and humans will suffice in the absence of an animal, whether that be a dog, cat or even a rabbit. Believe it or not, the most common household flea is the cat flea... even if in a doggie household!

Protecting the animals using a product which will only kill the fleas once they bite their hosts makes me very uneasy. A lot of cats suffer flea-bite allergy and if there are a lot of fleas in the home, it could take quite a while a whole heap of misery to the animal before the product starts to have an effect.

Exactly the reason I strongly advocate using a household spray too! FAD can be a very serious condition and will cost a hell of a lot more to treat your pets, not to mention causing untold amounts of pain, discomfort and misery, than it costs to prevent it from happening in the first place!

I cannot stress strongly enough that every pet owner should spend less than £10 to protect their home NOW and repeat the treatment EVERY APRIL.

Vetkem Acclaim £8.67 + FREE P&P

~Chameleon~

Rummer wrote: »

Our cats seem to really attract fleas and we treat them all the time (on vets advice) we have used the chemical home treatment but it was costing a fortune and we have found that regular treatments for the cats was the most effective method of management. Just make sure the flea treatment you are using comes from the vet.

I'm not sure which treatments you've previously used but as you can see from my posts above it only costs around £10 to treat your home. Well worth doing and you'll find you can reduce the amount of times you need to treat the cats as a result, which is not only better for their health but also your pocket! :money:

Froglet

lilmissmup wrote: »

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I feel really bad for the other cat too, shes not even allowed in the owners house anymore due to her incontinence so not sure why they have kept her alive

Please try and persuade your friend how cruel they are biing towards the cat.If they asked you to cat sit they must care a bit and perhaps do not realise the time has come to stop her from suffering any more.She should respect your opinion as she trusted you with her cat in the first place.

vl2588

Totally agree with the above - for effective protection you need to treat house and pet! Plus it really doesn't cost a lot to treat the house.

BlissDevotee

I have a lot of success by using Target Spray from WWW. Petwellbeing.com /dog-fleas-p69.cfm

By spraying it on my pets it keeps fleas and other pests from wanting to stick around. An added benefit is that I have used it on myself when we go for hikes and our home has stayed pest free for 2 years now.

zzzLazyDaisy

I know this sounds like a crazy idea - but if you treat your cat's drinking water with one teaspoon of organic apple cider vinegar in one litre of water, the fleas don't hang around. The cats seem to like the taste, and apparently it makes their blood taste horrible to the fleas. It takes about 6 weeks of daily use to properly work, but I have been treating some farm cats in Turkey with this and have seen no fleas for ages. The cats obviously have lots of alternative sources of drinking water but they seem to prefer the vinegar water. (Actually I can't get organic cider vinegar here, but have been using the best quality apple vinegar that I can find and it seems to be working anyway)

I'm not suggesting that anyone use this instead of normal flea prevention stuff, but it may be a useful back-up (although actually I AM using it instead of flea powder on these farm cats, as it is the only method available to me at the moment).